that was alice paul. she was the author of the original equal rights amendment and opposed the later version of the e.r.a. because it promoted abortion. but before i forget, i also want to talk go sarah norton. she first challenged cornell university to admit women. think about that. women couldn't go to college. sarah norton right ow there fighting to go to college -- out there fighting to go to college, also pondered whether there would come a time whether the right of the unborn to be born would have the right to be denied or interfered with. and you know, mr. speaker, we have to think about the way women were treated back then and why they came to this conclusion. again, as i said a moment ago, they had no right. they were very much like the slaves of that time. they had no voice, no right in court, no real rights at home. if they were raped they had no way to address the rape. and if they found themselves in a situation where they had a child as an accident, there was no other choice but to either ca